The Masters · Chromatic Profile
Daniel
Carter Beard
1850
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1941
· 19th Century
The Surveyor’s Eye and the American Landscape Daniel Carter Beard possessed a perspective shaped by both the precision of science and the romance of the frontier. Born in Cincinnati in 1850, his early professional life was rooted in the meticulous work of a surveyor. This …
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The Palette Genome
A portrait built from Daniel Carter Beard's own colours
Every 1 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
← Cool · Shadow
Warm · Earth
Gold · Light →
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
Reading the Genome
The signature, in numbers
The Source Works
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.